Shamsiya Surname
Approximately 3,967 people bear this surname
Shamsiya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 3,923 | 1:45,155 | 3,515 |
| India | 29 | 1:26,450,530 | 346,896 |
| Ethiopia | 9 | 1:10,838,474 | 14,518 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Tajikistan | 1 | 1:8,386,692 | 12,859 |
| Turkmenistan | 1 | 1:5,489,112 | 11,427 |
Shamsiya (32,962) may also be a first name.
Shamsiya Demographics
Shamsiya Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Shamsiya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shamsiya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Shamsiya (Hindi: शमसिया, Marathi: शमसीया) occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It may also be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Shamsiya? popularity and diffusion
Shamsiya is the 116,250th most commonly held last name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 1,837,042 people. This surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Shamsiya live; 99 percent live in West Africa and 99 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Shamsiya is also the 25,905th most frequently held forename throughout the world, borne by 32,962 people.
The surname is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is held by 3,923 people, or 1 in 45,155. In Nigeria Shamsiya is mostly found in: Jigawa, where 26 percent live, Zamfara, where 26 percent live and Sokoto, where 10 percent live. Excluding Nigeria it occurs in 8 countries. It also occurs in India, where 1 percent live and Ethiopia, where 0 percent live.
Shamsiya Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the Shamsiya surname is primarily Muslim (98%) in Nigeria.
Phonetically Similar Names
Shamsiya Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Shamsiya in the Hindi language | ||
| शमसिया | samasiya | 67.69 |
| शम्सिया | samsiya | 16.92 |
| शमसीया | samasiya | 9.23 |
| शम्सीया | samsiya | 3.08 |
| शाम्सिया | samsiya | 1.54 |
| शामसिया | samasiya | 1.54 |
| Shamsiya in the Marathi language | ||
| शमसीया | samasiya | 63.64 |
| शमिसया | samisaya | 18.18 |
| शांसीया | sansiya | 9.09 |
| शांसीय | sansiya | 9.09 |
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Shamsiya
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